I currently run an old South Western industries mill with a Trak CNC 2. Very old machine but I use it daily and it pays my bills. Has done for the past 15 years and it was old when I got it.
There was a chat a few weeks back on Chinese CNC controllers and a search on Aliexpress gave https://www.aliexpress.com/item/highly-cost-effective-4-axis-cnc-milling-controller-for-cnc-machinery-with-ATC-and-PLC/32858562385.html For the price, it looks very good and will do most of my full CNC work, however most of my work is jobbing and it wont do what I want. The SWI has a conversation mode. I can center on a part using the DRO and the hand wheels, I then create an Absolute Zero. From then on I can do Bolt Holes, pockets, circles etc using that absolute zero as the reference. On top of that when I do a pocket, it asks for the tool diameter and it does all the tool compensation while performing the operation. It is a tool makers best option. I think there are some caned cycles in Linux CNC but doing a google search on youtube does not bring up much at all. Can you run Linux CNC operations without any G code? I don't have a problem with G-Code, but entering a frame in conversational mode is, X0=0 Y0=0, X3=100 Y3=50, Finish cut 0.5 mm, Feed 250 mm/m and cutter 10 mm is so easy to do. Thanks Wallace. _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
